[36] leaves : 20 cm (4to)

The text is sometimes ascribed to Joannes Florentinus

Title from incipit on line 14 of [1]₂ recto; frontispiece has title: Mons or[ati]onis.

Imprint from Incunabula short title catalogue. On the identity of the printer, see Catalogue of books printed in the XVth century now in the British Museum, V, xxxi-xxxii. Gesellschaft für Typenkunde 1988 assigns the types tentatively to Paulus Fridenperger.

Signatures: [1⁸ 2-8⁴] (all leaves unsigned)

Chancery quarto; [1]₄ recto: 33 lines, 140 x 91 mm; types: 130G, 85G; woodcut initial on [1]₃ recto, Lombards elsewhere; woodcut frontispece and full-page woodcuts on [1]₁ recto and [8]₄ verso.

COPY NOTE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.27 with early foliation (1-36) in upper, outer margins. Leaf dimensions: 193 x 138 mm.

PROVENANCE: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.27 with occasional early/contemporary annotations and manicules. Oval marking (stamp?) on [1]₁ recto and early inscription on [1]₂ recto erased, the latter partially visible under UV light. From the collection of Fritz Hellwig. Purchased in January, 2020, from PrPh Books (2020.7)

BINDING: Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.406.27 bound in clear plastic boards with black goatskin spine tooled in gilt. Housed in a black goatskin slipcase.

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